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To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 22 October 2018
to Question 907182 on Defence: Scotland, how much of the £1.592 billion of his Department's
expenditure in 2016-17 was spent on (a) maritime, (b) land and (c) air equipment.

<p>The budgetary structure of the Ministry of Defence does not show separately the
costs of the three individual Armed Services. This is because large parts of the Armed
Services operate as fully integrated joint organisations in which elements from the
Navy, Army and Air Force work closely together and share land, buildings and facilities,
and sometimes equipment. The attached table shows expenditure with Scottish industry
broken down by industry group.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p>

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how the (a) Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft
programme (b) Apache capability sustainment programme and (c) Type 26 frigate programme
have realised those efficiencies referred to on page 8 of the Defence Equipment Plan
2018.

<p>As stated in the Defence Equipment Plan 2018, the Ministry of Defence has secured
sizeable cost savings on the Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft (£207 million), Apache
Capability Sustainment Programme (£132 million) and Type 26 frigates (£104 million).
These are the result of efficiencies identified and realised by Defence Equipment
and Support through transformation initiatives. In particular, on the Poseidon Maritime
Patrol Aircraft, negotiations with the US Navy and Boeing achieved savings on the
aircraft and the initial provision of capital spares. On Apache, economies of scales
were achieved through negotiating combined requirements with the US Army and Boeing.
And for Type 26, savings were achieved through using improved project control and
commercial skills to adopt a much stronger negotiating strategy.</p>

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Ministerial Statement
of 5 November 2018, HCWS1064 on the Defence Equipment Plan, what proportion of the
allocated budget shortfall in the four years from 2018-19 is due to the decision to
reprofile the Dreadnought programme and bring forward spending.

<p>On the basis of a review in summer 2017, detailed cost forecasts were developed
for procurement and support programmes managed by the Defence Nuclear Organisation.
This included the Dreadnought programme where re-profiling provided opportunities
to drive out cost and risk later in the programme to ensure it remains on schedule
and within its £31 billion estimated cost. I am withholding the specific information
requested as its release would prejudice the commercial interests of the Ministry
of Defence.</p>

<p>The Expressions of Interest process for the Fleet Solid Support ships did not include
any technical specifications. The detailed technical specification requirements will
be released to companies that are invited to negotiate for the Design and Manufacture
contract.</p>

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of contracts issued by
his Department and contractors include provisions to impose, as between parties to
the subcontract, that any payment due from the contractor to a subcontractor under
the contract is to be made no later than the end of a period of 30 days from the date
on which the relevant invoice is regarded as valid and undisputed, as required by
the Public Contract Regulations 2015.

<p>Through the Public Contract Regulations 2015, all public sector buyers must include
30-day payment terms in new public sector contracts and require that this payment
term be passed down the supply chain. Public sector buyers must also publish annually
on their payment performance. Her Majesty's Government strongly encourages businesses
to report poor payment practice and instances of late payment, including late payment
through the supply chain, in public sector contracts to its Mystery Shopper service.
Mystery Shopper will then investigate.</p><p>The Ministry of Defence has a contract
condition (DEFCON 534) which states that all contractors shall pay subcontractors
any sums due under an invoice no later than 30 days from when the contractor has determined
the invoice is valid. The number of contracts that explicitly include DEFCON 534,
or other clauses to this effect, is not held centrally and could be provided only
at disproportionate cost.</p>

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will publish the proportion of Defence
Equipment and Support employees at each pay grade before that organisation became
a Bespoke Trading Entity in 2014.

<p>Defence Equipment and Support employees remained on the previous Ministry of Defence
pay grade structure until April 2017.</p><p>Details of this are published on gov.uk
at the following link: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/mod-organisation-charts</p>

<p>Defence Equipment and Support (DE&amp;S) became a Bespoke Trading Entity in April
2014, however employees remained on the previous Ministry of Defence pay grade structure
until April 2017.</p><p> </p><p>In April 2017, DE&amp;S introduced a new pay, grading
and reward structure, which has five broad salary bands. Details of the proportion
of employees at each level, as at 1 April 2017, can be found in the table below.</p><p>
</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>DE&amp;S Level</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Proportion
of Employees</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Administrator/Specialist</p></td><td><p>28%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Senior
Administrator</p></td><td><p>32%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Professional II</p></td><td><p>28%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Professional
I</p></td><td><p>9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Senior Professional</p></td><td><p>3%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p>This does not include Senior Civil Service and Military personnel employed
in DE&amp;S, which are not part of the new grading structure.</p>

<p>Defence Equipment and Support (DE&amp;S) is fully committed to ensuring fairness;
all performance and reward processes are properly governed, transparent and applied
consistently. DE&amp;S assesses and monitors the impact of annual salary increases
across all protected characteristic groups and will continue to do this.</p>